Imaginary Places: Draw, Paint, and Digitize on Photoshop
Finishing the Illustration
A course by Francisco Fonseca , Illustrator and Artist
About the video: Finishing the Illustration
Overview
“To end this unit, let's play a little with the illustration! Here I will guide you in trying out new things; adding textures, different colors, and basically just experimenting until you achieve a result that you're happy with. You will see how I incorporate the secondary elements, like the bordering trees and the windows, to enhance the detail of my piece and highlight the focal point. During this process, I will introduce you to the "Lasso Tool" and discuss it's advantages. ”
In this video lesson Francisco Fonseca addresses the topic: Finishing the Illustration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Imaginary Places: Draw, Paint, and Digitize on Photoshop. Learn to draw an imaginary place by combing analog tools like watercolors, pencils, and a sketchbook with Photoshop to add vibrant texture .
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll be finally finishing our illustration. Let's dive into it. So, at this point we already have all of our decisions made. So now it's time to finalize our illustration and give it more detail and more depth. First thing when I look to the illustration and a certain point when you are making your own illustrations You should stop, you should look to the illustration and see what you can do to add more meaning, to make sure people are looking to where you want them to look. What I can see in my illustration here is that the houses in the center are very lonely. There is no...”
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Course summary for: Imaginary Places: Draw, Paint, and Digitize on Photoshop
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Architectural Illustration, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Narrative, Sketching
Francisco Fonseca
A course by Francisco Fonseca
Francisco Fonseca is an illustrator born and raised in Paço de Sousa, a small village in Portugal. Since he was a child, he has shown great interest in representation through drawing, being strongly influenced by the spaces that surrounded him. Still, to this day, nothing has changed. After completing his master's in drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto in 2018, he dedicated himself full time to illustration.
In addition to several solo and group exhibitions like À mão (2019) and Lugares, he founded Porta 98, and is co-founder of Garden Skate Co. Francisco also dedicates himself to the investigation of myths and legends, and he tries to give a voice to the inhabitants of his city. Through his illustrations, he aims to build a bridge between different generations to rescue a cultural heritage from oblivion, which he considers to be brimming with richness.
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